{"id":400134,"date":"2017-07-12T05:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/akufo-addo-still-thinks-he-is-a-foreign-minister-mettle-nunoo\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T05:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:32:48","slug":"akufo-addo-still-thinks-he-is-a-foreign-minister-mettle-nunoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/akufo-addo-still-thinks-he-is-a-foreign-minister-mettle-nunoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo still thinks he is a Foreign Minister \u2013 Mettle Nunoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 12 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/50076916.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mettle Nunoo Dp12\" title=\"Mettle Nunoo Dp12\" width=\"295\" height=\"162\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Rojo Mettle Nunoo is Campaign Manager for the late President John Evans Atta-Mills<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499837568_961_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Campaign Manager for the late President John Evans Atta-Mills; Rojo Mettle Nunoo has questioned the rationale behind the President\u2019s numerous foreign trips since his assumption of official duties. According to him, the President is acting as though he still were occupying the position of a Foreign Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with JoyNews, Mr. Mettle Nunoo indicated that the trips are unnecessary except in instances where there are other heads of states involved and it\u2019s essential for the President to be present. Rather he says, the Foreign Minister who has been appointed by the office of the President to handle such tasks should be in a position to do exactly that whenever the situation arises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the President is still thinking he is a Foreign Minister. There are a lot of trips that he has undertaken so far that I think the Foreign Minister should have undertaken. Where there are platforms for heads of states, I don\u2019t have a problem with him attending those\u2026\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nunoo maintained that there are several governance issues facing the country that have been unresolved and he finds it puzzling that the President would rather focus on taking trips that could be handled by an equally capable person than focus on resolving the issues facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think to a very large extent, the governance challenges of the first six months have not been sufficiently addressed. Many boards and councils are not in place, if these are very strategic institutions of government, it\u2019s totally unacceptable that the universities, the polytechnics and several other institutions don\u2019t have their boards and councils in place and yet they are expected to take fundamental decisions of governance\u201d, he maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the performance of the New Patriotic Party since it took over power, Mettle Nunoo stated that he had no expectations from the government and hence cannot be judgmental. He however indicated that he would have been disappointed if he had expectations of this new government adding that he believes the NPP has nothing different to offer.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI have no expectations of the NPP, so I can only see it unfold and then I\u2019ll comment. If I had expectations of the NPP, I\u2019d be disappointed but I don\u2019t believe that anything different will happen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo has visited many countries in the sub-region since he took over the helm of affairs.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn the past few months, he has paid working visits to Sierra Leone, Togo, Liberia, Mali and recently Liberia and Mali. 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